Ananich, Daunt win special Flint-area Senate primary

FLINT (AP) -- Democratic state Rep. Jim Ananich appears to have handily won a special primary election among Flint-area voters filling a seat in the Michigan Senate.

Unofficial results late Tuesday showed Ananich with 51 percent of the vote. His closest rival was fellow Rep. Woodrow Stanley with 38 percent. On the Republican side Robert Daunt won with 54 percent of the vote to Adam Ford's 45 percent.

Ananich will be heavily favored to win the May 7 special general election.

The 38-member Senate is missing a member because Democrat John Gleason left halfway through his four-year term after being elected Genesee County clerk. Republicans hold a 26-11 majority in the Senate.